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Saskatchewan education minister apologizes for comment to mother whose daughter died
Saskatchewan Minister of Education Jeremy Cockrill speaks to members of the media after the speech from the throne is delivered in Regina, on Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2023. As the Saskatchewan government releases it's 2024 budget Wednesday, all eyes will be on the fate of the province's biggest amateur sporting event. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Heywood Yu
fitness
What I learned from 10-minute workouts, and how to get started
Sadaf Ahsan
world
Wife of ex-Harvard morgue manager pleads guilty to transporting stolen human remains
FILE - Denise Lodge, left, covers her face with a printout of the indictment against her as she walks from the federal courthouse, Wednesday, June 14, 2023, in Concord, N.H., following her arrest on charges related to an alleged scheme to steal and sell donated body parts. Lodge, 64, the wife of a former Harvard Medical School morgue manager has pleaded guilty Friday, April 12, 2024, to a federal charge after investigators said she shipped stolen human body parts to buyers. (Steven Porter/The Boston Globe via AP, File)
world
Woman who stabbed classmate to please ‘Slender Man’ won’t be released from psychiatric hospital
Waukesha County Circuit Judge Michael Bohren presides over a motion hearing for Morgan Geyser on Wednesday, April 10, 2024, in Waukesha, Wis. Two psychologists testified Wednesday that Geyser, who at age 12 stabbed a sixth-grade classmate nearly to death to please the online horror character Slender Man, should not be released yet from a psychiatric hospital. (Scott Ash/Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel via AP)
canada
Draft of Saskatchewan’s school pronoun policy gave teachers discretion for at-risk students, e-mails show
Students gather on the steps of the Legislature after a walkout protesting the Province's proposed pronoun legistlation in Regina, Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Valerie Zink
world
Russia’s Putin signs decree on spring military conscription
FILE PHOTO: Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a meeting on the Five Seas and Lake Baikal project of federal all-year-round resorts, via video link at the Novo-Ogaryovo state residence outside Moscow, Russia March 28, 2024. Sputnik/Mikhail Metzel/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
canada
Saskatchewan teachers hope to be back at bargaining table with government next week
Saskatchewan Education Minister Jeremy Cockrill speaks to members of the media after the release of the Saskatchewan budget in Regina, on Wednesday, March 20, 2024. Cockrill says the province will make sure graduation ceremonies go ahead this summer should teachers take job action. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Heywood Yu
u.s. business
Visa, Mastercard settle long-running antitrust suit over swipe fees with U.S. merchants
FILE PHOTO: MasterCard and VISA credit cards are seen in this picture illustration taken June 9, 2016. This logo has been updated and is no longer in use. REUTERS/Maxim Zmeyev/Illustration
opinion
The productivity puzzle: How could we be doing so poorly? We did everything right!
Andrew Coyne
books
Judith Butler revisits gender in new book examining anger, outcry and dangerous rhetoric
Author Judith Butler
canada
Federation rejects request from Ontario to let retired teachers work more
Ontario Education Minister Stephen Lecce speaks to journalists at the Queen's Park Legislature in Toronto, on Friday August 25, 2023. Ontario's teachers have rebuffed a request from the Ministry of Education to let retired teachers work longer, saying the government needs to come up with a real solution to staff shortages. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young
canada
Federation opposes proposal to boost number of days retired Ontario teachers can work in classrooms
A classroom is shown in Scarborough, Ont., on Monday, September 14, 2020. A new report released as most Ontario students return to classrooms today says students at schools in wealthier and urban neighbourhoods have greater access to extracurriculars like sports and clubs.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette
opinion
Letting 16-year-olds quit school to go into skilled trades? What can go wrong?
David Moscrop
canada
Saskatchewan legislature members spar over impasse with teachers
Saskatchewan Minister of Education Jeremy Cockrill speaks in the Saskatchewan legislature in Regina, on Tuesday, October 10, 2023. Debate over a labour dispute between Saskatchewan teachers and the province heated up in the legislature Monday, with the Opposition demanding the government get a deal done. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Heywood Yu
canada
Saskatchewan announces more education spending, in hopes teachers return to bargaining table
Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe looks on during an interview in Regina, on Monday, Dec. 18, 2023. Moe says his government is offering millions of dollars in new education funding in hopes teachers return to the bargaining table.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Heywood Yu
canada
Ontario’s English Catholic teachers reach tentative deal with province, averting job action
Ontario's top court has upheld the validity of a mandatory math test for new teachers. A classroom is seen during a media tour of an elementary school in Vancouver on September 2, 2020.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward
management
AI will increase incomes for high-wage earners, but inequality will grow, IMF study warns
Linda Nazareth
opinion
It is not too late to pivot the development of AI in a more pro-human direction
Daron Acemoglu and Simon Johnson
canada
Labour-starved provinces seek new ways to draw high-school students to skilled trades
politics
Empty desks, international students and the quest for Canadian work permits